Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)

Passage wader with a liking for seaweed covered rocks and reasonaby confiding. Often seen in company with Turnstones but with it's brighter orange legs and longer decurved bill, easily distinguished .......

Purple Sandpiper asleep Sheringham 11 10 10 IMG_2337

Purple Sandpiper preening Sheringham 11 10 10 IMG_2373

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Purple Sandpiper Titchwell 19 10 08 IMG_4461

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